XRSession: requestLightProbe() method

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The requestLightProbe() method of the XRSession interface returns a Promise that resolves with an XRLightProbe object that estimates lighting information at a given point in the user’s environment.

Syntax

requestLightProbe()
requestLightProbe(options)

Parameters

• options Optional
  • : An object containing configuration options, specifically:
    • reflectionFormat
      • : The internal reflection format indicating how the texture data is represented, either srgba8 (default value) or rgba16f. See also preferredReflectionFormat.

Return value

A Promise that resolves with an XRLightProbe object.

Exceptions

Rather than throwing true exceptions, requestLightProbe() rejects the returned promise with a DOMException, specifically, one of the following:

• NotSupportedError DOMException
  • : Thrown if lighting-estimation is not an enabled feature in requestSession() or if the reflectionFormat is not srgb8 or the preferredReflectionFormat.
• InvalidStateError DOMException
  • : Thrown if the session has already ended.

Examples

Requesting a light probe with the system’s preferred format

The default format is srgb8, however, some rendering engines may use other (high dynamic range) formats. You can request the light probe with preferredReflectionFormat which reports the preferred internal format.

const lightProbe = await xrSession.requestLightProbe({
  reflectionFormat: xrSession.preferredReflectionFormat,
});

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• preferredReflectionFormat